Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Elrich on MCPS Legal Settlement: ‘They Had Warning Signs For Years’

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Elrich on MCPS Legal Settlement: ‘They Had Warning Signs For Years’

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) paid $300,000 to an unnamed teacher who claimed she was harassed by former Paint Branch High School Principal Joel Beidleman.

Beidleman no longer works at MCPS. He was accused of bullying and sexual harassment by multiple MCPS employees prior to being promoted from principal at Farquhar Middle School to Paint Branch High School. This was first reported in the Washington Post.

Besides the $300,000 settlement, MCPS paid $78,462.32 in legal fees to Karpinski, Cornbrooks and Karp of Baltimore and $68,369.64 in legal fees to Miller, Miller and Canby of Rockville. Another $1,188.80 was spent for transcripts of court recordings...

Elrich on MCPS Legal Settlement: 'They Had Warning Signs For Years' - Montgomery Community Media (mymcmedia.org)

2 comments:

AnonymousAugust 14, 2024 at 6:34 AM
"THIS IS ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM"
Correction: This is on the clueless taxpayers who tolerate the perennial fraud, waste and abuse of their hard earned dollars!
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AnonymousAugust 19, 2024 at 12:16 PM
‘They Had Warning Signs For Years’
Interesting that the CE acts as an MCPS watchdog.
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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

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What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011